Team Lead Java Engineer, Retail (f/m/x)

Role Summary

Full Lifecycle Ownership: Responsible for architecture, solution design, development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of a subset of 300+ RESTful microservices.

Team Leadership & Management: Manage a team of ~5 developers, including 1:1s, performance reviews, monitoring, and improvement.

Hands-on Contribution: Actively contribute code and complete tasks personally, not just delegate work.

Quality & Best Practices: Conduct code reviews, enforce coding/architecture best practices, and provide actionable feedback.

Team Growth & Hiring: Mentor team members, support their development, conduct developer interviews, and set an example in using AI coding assistants to improve quality and efficiency.

Experienced Leader: At least 2 years leading and taking responsibility for developer teams and software projects.

Java Expert: 5+ years of modern Java programming experience, with strong focus on clean code and best practices.

Cloud & Microservices: Solid understanding of microservice architectures and AWS services (e.g., ECS, SQS/SNS, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch).

Spring Proficiency: At least 3 years hands-on experience with Spring technologies, including Spring Boot (preferably Spring Cloud).

Strong Communication & Pragmatism: Excellent at clarifying business needs, collaborating across teams, and balancing ideal API design with practical business requirements; bonus for experience using AI coding tools.

Benefits

A fully remote position with flexible working hours

Modern tech stack and well-established development standards

Join an international, open-minded team that values flat hierarchies, open communication, collaboration, and high product quality.

About the Company

Choose Challenge! Choose Pace! Choose Growth!

Autohero, the innovative car dealership, enables customers to purchase top used cars conveniently and safely. Our offer consists exclusively of technically tested, prepared and serviced used cars, which we sell including a guarantee and a 21-day right of return. Autohero is part of the AUTO1 Group, Europe's leading automotive trading platform.

What makes Autohero so special? Everything runs online. You look at your car online and buy it directly via our digital showroom. How the car is presented online is the responsibility of the Ad Performance team. Various sources are used to find out everything about the car. Creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, focus and a passion for cars will help you present the car online as perfectly as possible. Are you curious and can you tell the difference between normal and adaptive cruise control? Do you know what every button in the car is for, or do you immediately notice when it is a special feature? Then you are exactly the person we are looking for!

Additional Information

Marija Dimitrova

At AUTO1 Group we live an open culture, believe in direct communication, and value diversity. We welcome every applicant; regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual identity, disability, or any other non-merit factor.

Choose challenge. Choose pace. Choose growth.

Our Tech department is the driving force behind one of the most successful start-ups in Europe since 2012. Based in Berlin, we have an innovative and driven team that is using cutting-edge technologies to redefine the used car market.